Little background on the car. I don't know a ton about it. Saw it on a Chicagoland facebook group and after some research on the numerous problems 04-05s have I went and looked at the car and brought it home.

I live in Chicago and my previous project was a EG2 Del Sol with the OEM b16a3. Had the car for almost a decade until it was stolen in front of my apartment. Decided that as long as I lived in Chicago I wouldn't have a modded Honda. Bought a CBR600 in the spring thinking it'd hold me off, but just over a year after the Del Sol was stolen, the TSX made it's way into my garage.

YES! The car has 320,000+ miles. It's far from perfect. The bumpers are rough as hell and the hood has rock chips for days. There's a couple rust spots including a big spot on the drivers rear door. The left side is definitely worse than the right which tells me it sat on the side of the road and got snow and slush plowed into it alot.

The previous owner picked it up for a daily for his 2 kids so it had to be safe. He went through the usual probs, shakey axles, a/c compressor was dead, PS leaks. It had new oem Acura axles, a new A/C compressor, a bunch of new suspension bits, and a few other tasteful mods.

I never really liked TSX's UNLESS they have the aspec lip kit. The previous owner had sourced the front lip and sides, had it lowered on springs, and found some Accord sport wheels. He also did a full buff and polish and made the most of the paint on the car. After a quick test drive I was surprised it was as solid as it was. Too bouncy for me but that would be addressed.

After taking the car home I honestly only wanted to add a 8" JL audio sub/amp, a few interior mods, and coils eventually. As I dug more and more into the forums I found the RL brake upgrade and a week later the calipers and brackets were ordered.

After installing the sub/amp off the rear 6x9 wires. I immediately realized I'd need to ditch the stock amp and the weird EQ it sends to each channel. This opened the door for a full audio set up. Figured if I was going to do it I'd at least do an amp for the door speakers/sound deadening material/etc.

After stockpiling parts all fall I drove to my hometown for Christmas and also to utilize the shop my parents have.

Huge shoutout to Marcus and the gang at heeltoe automotive. Not only did I get alot of aftermarket stuff but ordered over $300 in random odds/ends/hardware from their OEM parts database.

Mod list of what I've done so far. Future plans include putting more miles on her! I may pick up a spare k24a2 swap to build in case the 320k mile motor decides to quit. Oh that and get the RL brakes on asap too.

Wholly cow... that's a awesome build and a very impressive list of mods. Definitely puts my list to shame. Thanks for sharing!

Bummer that your Del Sol was stolen. My cousin had a very clean EK Civic hatchback with a JDM B16A engine installed, and that was stolen in front of his house too. I love the 90's era Hondas, but man they're just too easy to steal.

What brand of sound deadener did you use, and how is it working for you? I was planning to sound deaden the doors when I upgrade my speakers, but haven't decided what to use. Does the Ensolite layer also help to reduce the noise?

Wholly cow... that's a awesome build and a very impressive list of mods. Definitely puts my list to shame. Thanks for sharing!

Bummer that your Del Sol was stolen. My cousin had a very clean EK Civic hatchback with a JDM B16A engine installed, and that was stolen in front of his house too. I love the 90's era Hondas, but man they're just too easy to steal.

What brand of sound deadener did you use, and how is it working for you? I was planning to sound deaden the doors when I upgrade my speakers, but haven't decided what to use. Does the Ensolite layer also help to reduce the noise?

Thanks man, and yeah there are 9+ cars stolen every night in Chicago. It's a joke.

Using a heat gun to prep the adhesive it worked really nicely. I've barely driven the car 5 miles so I'll report more back on if its quieter. I used a ton of deadener and ensolite on the doors in hopes of killing a few DB of road noise and providing something solid for the speakers to work with to "warm" the mids so they don't sound so "tinny"

Now that I'm looking at it, I only used 36 sq ft of sound deadener. If I could do it again I'd order 2 kits and double layer EVERYTHING. People said 80 mil is too thick for contours but with the roller and some force I didn't have a problem. Pry going to add a few layers to the trunk as it doesn't stand a chance to the JL W6 right now.

Good work on the progress Id definitely suggest looking into a more battery and better alternator. i have all JL Audio equipment (1001/1,300/4, 12"W6's,) and ya replacing a blown out alternator out of town with hands tools sucks...

Good work on the progress Id definitely suggest looking into a more battery and better alternator. i have all JL Audio equipment (1001/1,300/4, 12"W6's,) and ya replacing a blown out alternator out of town with hands tools sucks...

Battery will be upgraded whenever this one takes a dump. I'm only pushing ~65x4 for the doors and ~500 or less for the sub so I think I'm good with a factory alternator. If anything I'd just add a battery in the trunk before adding a HO alternator. Big 3 must have helped for what it's worth because I don't have any light dimming going on when the sub hits.

The equipment you have listed is like almost twice the output that I have so I'm not surprised you had problems lol.

Also managed to somehow fry the voice coil on my JL 12W6 so I sourced a BNIB woofer only used for display from a JL dealer. Such a kick in the nuts because the new sub was more than I paid for the old one and the box smh smh smh.

Couple pieces still waiting to go on: RL calipers, finally got a replacement for the one I ****ed up via snapped bleeder valve. I also got a TL-S rear sway bar and all new cam bolts/washers so I can finally get my RR toe perfect.

Kudos to 757accord for selling me his spare bug guard. Really a fan of how it mounts, and I gotta say it looks great with the Mugen grille and aspec/Sti-V lip combo. You guys tell me... don't mind how dirty the car is!